Burp gas filtering and deodorizing device

Abstract

The burp filtering device has the body of a writing pen, with an intake port at the upper end of the body, a plurality of exhaust ports adjacent the writing tip, and a filter disposed within the body. The filter may be made of activated charcoal or other media for filtering eructation odors. In use, the user holds the upper end of the pen body to his lips, releases the suppressed burp, and the filtered gas is exhausted through the ports at the writing tip.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 437,752, filed Jan. 3, 2003.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to air and gas filtration devices, and more particularly to personal filtration devices for eliminating eructation, or burp, odor.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Burp or eructation odors have been a source of annoyance or concern in polite society for hundreds of years. Far too often, the foods that we love most cause us to belch. To the person who is belching, the odor may be a trifling annoyance, especially if the burp was the result of an enjoyable meal. However, for persons in the close vicinity of the burp, the burp is simply an unpleasant odor of someone else's partially digested food. Many people wish to eliminate the burp odor so as to avoid offending others.[0006]Numerous methods have been devised to ad...

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Benefits of technology

[0021]It is another object of the invention to provide a device as above for eliminating burp odors that does not require the user to ingest chemicals.

[0022]It is a further object of the invention as above to provide a device for eliminating burp odors that is portable and discreet.

[0023]Still another object of the invention is to provide a device for eliminating burp odors that also serves as a writing instrument.

[0025]It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements and arrangements thereof in an apparatus for the purposes described which is inexpensive, dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purposes.

Problems solved by technology

Burp or eructation odors have been a source of annoyance or concern in polite society for hundreds of years.

Far too often, the foods that we love most cause us to belch.

To the person who is belching, the odor may be a trifling annoyance, especially if the burp was the result of an enjoyable meal.

However, for persons in the close vicinity of the burp, the burp is simply an unpleasant odor of someone else's partially digested food.

However, the burp odor remains beneath, barely hidden, unaltered and simply masked.

These efforts failed because of the tremendous number of different chemicals that are capable of creating offensive odors, and because of the numerous sources of gas that are present in the foods we eat.

The various chemical methods for controlling the odor of burps may not be harmless.

Further, the device does not filter the air, but collects samples of impurities for monitoring.

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